Chapter 759

When Karpov understood his mission, he then tentatively asked me, "Comrade division commander, can I ask where the troops I am about to command come from?"

"Comrade captain," when I was hesitating whether I should tell Karpov the truth, kirilov had already taken over the topic: "let me tell you. According to the consideration of the division commander, we are ready to take in the scattered detachment in the near future and arm the residents who will not be able to withdraw from the city in the future."

"What, arm the residents?" After listening, Karpov asked in surprise and frowned unconsciously.

Kirilov, who is good at observing words and colors, found his strange expression and then asked, "Comrade captain, from your expression, do you seem to have different views on our armed residents?"

Karpov looked at me nervously and saw that I looked as usual. After a moment's deliberation, he summoned up the courage to answer kirilov: "comrades of the political commissar, most of the residents have never been to the battlefield, and they lack experience and courage in the battlefield. They can't find anything in their training, but once they are pulled to the battlefield and let them fight with the Germans with real weapons, It will immediately show its true shape, and perhaps as long as one or two artillery shells fall near them, the troops will disperse. "

Kirilov's face turned ugly when he heard this. He asked calmly, "so, comrade captain, did you ever fight side by side with the armed city dwellers?"

"Yes, comrade political commissar." Karpov replied positively, with a sad expression on his face: "when my artillery company was holding fast to the port of Odessa, the local district Soviet often sent us more than 100 armed residents to help us dig fortifications and carry shells in the battle. At the beginning of the battle, when the enemy's shells landed on our positions, the residents would blow up their nests and throw away their weapons and tools. Some people would not get out of the air raid shelter, others would kneel down and cross desperately to pray for the protection of heaven, and some would bump around like headless flies, Some people ran aimlessly behind others, while others kept going around in circles.

There are a lot of new soldiers in our company. Originally, they kept calm under the restraint of commanders at all levels. However, when they were collided by these fleeing residents, they got confused. Many new soldiers even ran around with these people with shells in their hands. Later, the company commander decisively shot and killed several soldiers who ran about in disorder, so as to stabilize the team. Otherwise, without waiting for the enemy's attack, our team would be scattered in the enemy's shelling. "

"Comrade captain, it's impossible," kirilov raised his voice involuntarily because of his anger. "Look at the residents of Stalingrad. They live in the enemy's bombing and shelling every day, but you can see that there are not many people who will panic, let alone the situation you said."

See two people at each other's throats, and bantailiev and akhromeyev beside are a face of embarrassment, a pair of want to persuade but not from where to persuade expression. Seeing this scene, I coughed heavily. When everyone's attention was focused on me, I went on to say, "Comrade political commissar, I think what captain Karpov said must have happened. You know, at that time, the war just broke out, not to mention the ordinary residents, even our army was not fully prepared to fight against the enemy, so it was inevitable for the new soldiers who had never fought a war to panic when they saw the shells exploding not far from them. "

After explaining to kirilov, I turned to Karpov and said, "Comrade captain, what you said is not entirely correct. In more than a year's war, not only our commanders and fighters are growing up, but also our people, especially the residents of Stalingrad, who are used to daily German shelling and bombing of cities. Even those who have not received military training will not panic and escape from their own positions in the face of galloping German tanks. "

I know what I said is far fetched, and there are so many loopholes that I can't stand the scrutiny at all. But at this time, I can only say that kirilov and Karpov will not have bad feelings. After I said what I had to say, I pondered for a moment and then told akhromeyev, "chief of staff, contact the three heads of the second, third and fourth regiments immediately and give them our plans in the form of an order. Let them take in as many small detachments as possible, arm the citizens trapped in the city, and make sure to increase the strength of each regiment by more than 2000 within five days. "

"Two thousand per regiment?" Aghromeyev was startled by the number I proposed. He asked carefully, "Comrade division, how can we supply so many people with the ammunition they need?"

Thinking of my proposal to ask kirilov to go to the Logistics Department of the group army to get the necessary ammunition, he looked helpless, so I intend to find another way to solve this problem. So when I answered akhromeyev's question, I said vaguely, "it's difficult to get all the ammunition and supplies from the Logistics Department of the group army. The leaders of the three regiments should actively use their brains and find a way to solve it."

I didn't expect akhromeyev not only didn't understand what I meant, but also became more at a loss. He seemed to want to break the casserole and ask to the end, and then continued to ask me: "Comrade division commander, if they ask me what way to supplement ammunition and supplies, how can I answer them?"

"There's nothing wrong with it." Seeing that akhromeyev kept asking like a lump of elm at the moment, I was very upset, so I no longer hid from him, but said what I thought in my heart: "it's not easy to solve the problem of supplies and ammunition?! The second and fourth regiments could send small troops to harass the German army and seize the materials they needed from the enemy; And the third regiment, they often have to send people to assist the fleet's transport ships unloading? Tell major Godunov that every time his people are asked to carry materials, they will secretly move some of them back to their own residence. Anyway, there are so many materials going in and out of the dock every day, even if there is a small part, no one will find it. "

All the people around me were startled by my words. Kirilov, in particular, came up to me in a hurry and reminded me, "Comrade division commander, you can't do this. Once this matter is detected by the superior, you may be sent to the military court."

If it was in the past, I would not hesitate to order akhromeyev to give orders according to what I said. However, I felt guilty when I asked two soldiers about the strange crimes committed by the prisoners in Gulag concentration camp, so I asked kirilov cautiously: "Comrade political commissar, we intercepted some materials for the purpose of beating the Germans, Even if the superior leaders know it, they won't blame it, will they? "

"Comrade oshanina, I'm not kidding you." Kirilov looked at me, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to me solemnly: "the nature of this matter is very bad. It can be said that it is a crime. If it is found by the superior, even if it is not shot, it will be sent to the military court."

Kirilov's words made me shiver. Akhromeyev lost no time to ask me, "Comrade division commander, how can I give orders to the three commanders?"

I glanced at kirilov and saw that he was still staring at me with a serious expression. In order to avoid conflict with him, I had to step through the order of intercepting materials and command akhromeyev: "Comrade chief of staff, order the three commanders to replenish their forces as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness in the shortest time. As for the weapons and supplies needed by the newly added soldiers, let them find a way to solve the problem by themselves instead of coming to the division headquarters. The division headquarters has nothing now. Even if they come to me, I can't get what they need. "

As the troops under Karpov's command could not be in place for the time being, I had to temporarily appoint him as the deputy commander of the guard battalion. At the same time, I asked akhromeyev to inform the third regiment, so that the third company of Captain Beckman's guards stationed in their defense area could be quickly returned.

After basmanov left with the new deputy battalion commander Karpov, the leaders of our four divisions sat down to continue the discussion. Bantaileiev first put forward: "after the complete complement of the troops, we should try our best to ensure that each gun has at least 20 bullets."

I agree with bantaileiev's proposal very much. I don't know that the new recruits can achieve the level of three bullets for defense and five bullets for attack, so it's not a bad thing to give them as many bullets as possible. So as soon as leiev finished speaking, I immediately took over the conversation: "the deputy division commander is very considerate. Recruits have no combat experience. They are easy to be nervous when they first go to the battlefield. They will shoot desperately to embolden themselves. However, 20 rounds are still a little less. I think 120 rounds are about the same, so we should try our best to get rid of more ammunition and come back to replenish the troops. "

Next, we discussed a series of issues such as the formation, training and distribution of new recruits. On these issues, Bantai leiev, who once served as a new editor, showed his advantage. Almost all night, he was talking alone, while the three of us were desperately recording.

Time passed unconsciously. It was not until razumeyeva, who was sitting by the telephone, called us and said that there was a call from safchenko that she interrupted leiev's long speech. When akhromeyev answered the phone, I habitually raised my hand and looked at my watch. I found that it was four o'clock in the morning, and I didn't know if safchenko was calling on the wireless at the moment. Did he have any important information to report to us.

After listening to a few words, akhromeyev suddenly called out to me, "Comrade teacher, please come here."

I went to akhromeyev's side and saw that his face was uncertain and suspicious. I quickly asked, "Comrade chief of staff, what's the matter?"

Akhromeyev handed me the earphone and the transmitter, and said: "the reconnaissance results of the reconnaissance troops have come out. Comrade safchenko has important information to report to you in person."

After I put on the earphone, I said loudly to the transmitter, "Hello, Hello, is that Comrade safchenko? I'm oshanina, my teacher. Do you have any important information to report to me? "

"Report, sir," said safchenko's excited voice from the earphone, "our reconnaissance unit went down the river, went around the enemy's rear, abandoned the ship and landed. When we sneaked into the village we had attacked before, we found that there was no one in the village. "

"What, there is no one in the village?" I was stunned by the situation of safchenko. I quickly asked, "Comrade safchenko, are you sure?"“ Yes, sir Safchenko affirmed: "if I remember correctly, the political commissar of oberstein with a small team attacked here some time ago, so when I found no one in the village, I immediately asked the soldiers to conduct a careful search, but still nothing."“ What do you do next? " I asked briefly“ I immediately went north with my team and approached another village, which had been shelled by our army. " When describing, safchenko was deeply afraid that I could not figure out the state, and he specially explained in detail, "when we approached the village, we found that this dilapidated village was surrounded by barbed wire, so we could not see the patrol passing by. After lurking for more than an hour, we finally found an opportunity to attack a three person patrol and capture all of them. " I thought that safchenko knew German, and the purpose of his capture was to get the information we wanted from the prisoners, so he asked casually, "after interrogation, what did the prisoners say?" I didn't expect that safchenko would say something shocking: "Mr. commander, maybe you can't think of it. The three prisoners we captured, though in German uniforms, were not German, they were all Ukrainians. "“ What, what? " I heard that Ukrainians in German uniforms appeared in the rear of the German army, which confused me immediately, so I repeatedly asked, "Comrade safchenko, please make it clear, what Ukrainians in German uniforms? Are they our men in disguise, or are they members of the eastern battalion who surrendered to the German army? "“ He was a member of the eastern battalion. According to the confession of the prisoners, the German troops quietly moved westward the night before yesterday, and they came here to take over the German defense. "“ Are they lying? "“ No, sir "As soon as I found out that they were Ukrainians, I immediately asked the soldiers to interrogate the three of them separately, and all the confessions I got were the same," safchenko replied positively“ Now that all the Germans have left, what is the purpose of transferring their Eastern camp to do? Is it to let hundreds of them guard a broken village? "“ Comrade division, you may not have thought, "said safchenko suddenly and excitedly," the village is a temporary prison camp, which holds our commanders and fighters captured by the German army in the process of advancing from the Don River to the Volga River. "